Saw (constellation)
Looked into hieroglyphics | |||||||
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Saw S3ḥ |
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Orion constellation |
Sah was the ancient Egyptian name of a constellation that consisted of parts of the astronomical constellations Orion and Taurus . It symbolized the deities Osiris and Sah , the husband of the Sopdet and father of Sopdu .
Associated stars
Based on new findings, it is unlikely that the constellation Sah is the sole equivalent of the modern constellation Orion. Rather, it is more likely that the associated stars represented "ox skin peeled off to dry". The importance of the determinative "sesch" , which was documented in the earliest times
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background
The Sah constellation comprised at least four deans . From the heliacal rise data, compared to the constellation Orion, there is a larger constellation in terms of area, which is why parts of the constellation Taurus must also be included.
Dean no. | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian name | translation | Gods / heavenly bodies | ||||||
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30th |
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Aret ˁr.t |
??? | Osiris / Sah (constellation Taurus) | ||||||
31 |
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Remen heri rmn ḫr.j |
Upper arm of the saw | Osiris / Sah (Orion constellation) | ||||||
32 |
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Mesdscher Sah msḏr rmn ḫr.j lies: msḏr s3ḫ |
Ear of the saw | Osiris / Sah (Orion constellation) | ||||||
33 |
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Cheret-waret ẖr.t wˁrt |
The one below the thigh | Osiris / Sah (Orion constellation) |
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz : Ancient Egyptian star clocks. Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 90-6831-669-9 .
- Otto Neugebauer , Richard-Anthony Parker : Egyptian Astronomical Texts. Volume III: Decans, Planets, Constellations and Zodiacs. Brown University Press, Rhode Island 1969.
- Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars - the so-called groove book. The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies (among others), Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5 .